US8710414B2ActiveUtilityA1

Rotating sunlight/light beam for fractional/beneficial use

Assignee: WALDEN JACK O'NEALPriority: Oct 8, 2008Filed: Sep 21, 2009Granted: Apr 29, 2014
Est. expiryOct 8, 2028(~2.2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
G01S 3/7861F24S 50/20F24S 23/30Y02E10/47F24S 23/79F24S 23/00F24S 30/40Y02E10/44Y02B10/20
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Abstract

The Sun, a giant laser, being 93 million miles from Earth, is the greatest point-source light in existence. The light-rays emanating from the Sun as photons traveling 93 million miles in distance, is a nearly-perfectly collimated light form. The intent of this invention is to capture those highly collimated light-ray photons and gently redirect them in several directions, while greatly compounding them, and keeping them in a highly parallel form to be delivered to the final destination. This invention is supported by a second source light, in which the Sun's location is replaced by the HID element in a newly invented form for capturing and compounding the light-rays. Compounding for both sources can be as great as desired.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of illuminating a volume space comprising
 a. collecting solar rays, by means of a collection system that includes a plurality of reflectors that reflects and concentrates the collected solar rays, and produces parallel concentrated solar rays, 
 b. reflecting the parallel concentrated solar rays by a rotating reflector that is rotating at a speed that produces reflected flashes of the parallel concentrated solar rays at a speed that creates the visual impression of a constant and continuing source of light and 
 c. providing one or more reflectors spaced from the rotating reflector and oriented to reflect the reflected flashes of the parallel concentrated solar rays from the rotating reflector to the volume space, in a manner that spreads the reflected flashes of parallel concentrated solar rays over a predetermined portion of the volume space to create the visual impression of a constant and continuing source of light over the predetermined portion of the volume space. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of collecting solar rays with a collector system comprises collecting the solar rays with a collection system that is moveable in a manner that can track movement of the sun, the collector system including a plurality of reflectors that produce multiple reflections of collected solar rays and concentrate the collected solar rays into parallel concentrated solar rays, wherein the collector system collects and concentrates solar rays by means of at least a first conical collector with an interior reflector surface and a second conical collector with an exterior reflector surface, the second conical collector located inside the first, conical collector with the exterior reflector surface of the second conical collector oriented to reflect and concentrate solar rays that are reflected by the interior reflector surface of the first conical collector, to produce the parallel concentrated solar rays.

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